I have always felt like self-expression is art. Now how you choose to express yourself is up to you, but that is the beauty there are so many way in which you can. I write and I dress, those are the two ways I have been blessed to find easily to get my point across through. But when I am doing either 9 times out of 10 I am listening to music. Three arts connected. The arts blend so well together, designers find inspiration in paintings, musicians find inspiration in books. I have also learned a lot of painters listen to music while they create these amazing paintings that may turn into prints that may become a dress that a girl puts on to go out and meets a guy who then writes a song about her that gets used as a reference in a book. You never know.
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I recently came across a painter that could very well spark this kind of inspiration. Sharing his new Street Pop Art Collection with We Crave Music Here he also took the time to answer some questions about music and art.
Meet Isaiah Perkins aka @BCreativity
We got right into some music because..
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Q: I have always felt like all the arts are closely connected so when you paint do you listen to music, if so what kind and do you find inspiration in the music?
Music has to be playing at all times when I paint. But it really depends on my emotions, subject matter and what music I'm feeling. I like listening to creative artist like Kanye and N.E.R.D who experiment with different sounds. Lately I've been listening to this all production project (Potpourri) from Delano Taylor. No words with mix genres of music, so it gives me time to think about my next brush stroke.
Q: I know some artists like to have unique showings so have you ever incorporated music into a viewing or live exhibit or would you like to?
Yea I debuted my "Obama" series in conjunction with a music and fashion show (Shout out to Steve Francois, my mentor who made it happen). I had a great time and people loved the work.
Q: When I think of the arts I think of music, fashion, painting, and theater. With fashion the correlation between music and fashion is very evident in that musical artist need an image and really though, what a runway without a rhythm? What is your opinion on the correlation between your arts of painting with the other arts mentioned?
I think they need it more than they think. A lot of music artist are going back to real art for album covers (Wale: Ambition, 9th Wonder: The Wonder Years, Kanye West: My Twisted Dark Fantasy). A lot of it is even mention in lyrics. Rick Ross "John" song says "Red on the wall Basquiat when I paint". So it’s evident that they know who they are and love what we do.
Q: Being that you’re into music, what kind of music do you like?
I like all kinds. You can find Paramore, 30 seconds to Mars, Jay-Z and the Beastie Boys all on the same playlist in my iTunes. I'm a fan of music so I’ll listen to anything once.
Q: I know you also manage indie artists and such what made you decide to take that on as well?I run a management group for indie artists bcreativity.com and I help them with marketing and branding. It was more a calling than me saying "I'm about to start managing artist". I got my last degree in graphic design and advertising so I would get calls and text messages for flyers, logos, website and so on. A few people knew I had some local connections with photographers, venues, press and so on because I've done design work with them. So I would do some booking, call press for shows, contact writers for interviews and so one. One day a music artist says in a laughing tone "you hooking me up with all of this stuff you might as well be my manager" and the rest is history.
Q: What is your first memory of painting and when did you fall in love with the art?
My first memory I would have to say me being the 3rd grade - we had to add our own spin on a traditional painting. I did "Whistler's Mother" with a gold chain and baseball cap haha.. but I really fell in love with art in high school. I was that guy always drawing and doodleing on the back of text books. I really knew this was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life when I was living in Tampa working at a gallery.
Q: What has painting meant to you?
Lately everything. Before and still now, its been an easy escape from life and problems. Its my way to express myself with no repercussions. I've always enjoyed painting now I can pay some bills with it.
Q: What do you want people to get out of your paintings?
All my paintings interpretation is up to the viewer. With this new series I want them to feel like this is something classic but has a style of different movements. I want them to understand a painting doesn't have to traditional to be considered art.
Q: Where do you find most of your inspiration?
Our culture. I research on what fashion trends are in, icons that have changed our culture and what's marketable in our time period. At this point I'm only pushing out stuff the masses will love. The Street Pop Art series is something marketable that could be found in your local coffee shop or HSN (Home Shopping Network).
Q: How have you developed your technique?
A lot of it has been trial and error. Not trying to be like a certain artist, while at the same time being inspired by that artist but I didn't want to be compared to them, if that makes sense. I would also take elements from design, art, fashion and music to combine them into on big ball of creativity for my canvas.
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Q: You have a very Pop art avant garde technique a la Andy Warhol and I notice you’ve used some of the same muses. Has he been an inspiration to you?
(Laughing) Yeah Warhol was dope I've always been inspired by his work and thoughts behind the work. The "Street Pop Art" series was inspired by him and a couple of his muses.
Q: What other artists inspire you?
Quite a few well know artist Basquiat, Pollack, Shepard Fairly (the dude who did the Obama stuff) and local artist that I've worked with like Mike Houligan, Efren Rebugio and David Rothman. Those guys right there are true artists to the "T" and I'm always amazed when I see new work as well as what they've been up to.
Q: Does your art end with painting or do you create pieces outside of painting?
I still dabble in T-Shirt designs so ill get a couple orders for shirts. I would like to get into metal work, sculpture or something just really off the wall. I've experimented with insulation art but you really need a big space for that.
Q: Do you have any upcoming events or showings?
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I have a couple coming up, today (1.29.12) I have a live painting show at a church in downtown Dallas. I have a two day gig at one of the wealthiest malls in Dallas (Willow Bend Mall) for an event. I’ll be selling enhanced prints of my "Street Pop Art" series and live painting some new ones. Oh and you can catch me on your local corner live painting. I randomly will post a time, date and a place Il’l be at where you can catch me live painting.
Q: What is your ultimate goal in this world of art?
Ultimate goal is to be able to do what I love and make a comfortable living from it. That is it. I don't want to make billions off my art (it would be nice) but I want it to get to people who have never seen my art before. I also want people to be inspired by my work. I post a lot of my stuff on Facebook and I would get tagged in posts reading
"Isaiah Perkins just made me wanna break out my airbrush, or finish this canvas".
That's dope to me.
Check this video made right after Isaiah LIVE PAINTED "Audrey"
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